Penny Black Saturday Challenge - No Patterned Papers

This week at the Penny Black Saturday Challenge we're asking you to use:

'No Patterned Papers'

Eeeek!

Our sponsor for this challenge is Craftwork Cards

The prize is:

'Sweet Pea Collection - Peas in a Pod Pad'
(contains: 24 sheets paper, 2 sheets die cut flowers, 2 sheets nesting sentiments, 4 sheets embossed squares)

I decided to emboss my background...the card at the back is a piece of Core'dinations card (one of the the Tim Holtz Distress colours) embossed with me Cuttlebug 'Snowflakes' folder, and the piece on top started off white...I blended some Distress Inks ('Weathered Wood', 'Stormy Sky' & 'Iced Spruce') over it, then a little 'Picket Fence' Distress Stain...then 'de-bossed' it (this is something I usually do by accident when I have my embossing folder the wrong way round!) so that I could fill the snowflakes with Crackle Accents to give an icy effect. The adorable image is 'XMouse ornament'...coloured with watercolour pencils...I inked around the edge with 'Stormy Sky'. The raffia lace trim has been languishing in the bottom of my stash box fo ages, but seeing as it was just the right colour I though it was about time I used it.

I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:

• Moving Along with the Times - Christmas
• Pollycraft - Cute Critters
• Sparkles Christmas - Favourite Colour Combination (Blue & Brown)
• Stamp with Fun - Favourite Colours (Blue & Brown)
• Sundays with Crissy - Favourite Colour Combination (Blue & Brown)

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.